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Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Daniel Webster Middle School reports 36% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Daniel Webster Middle School rose to 36 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Lake County Gazette analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 92 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Waukegan CUSD 60 saw a chronic truancy rate of 38 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 693 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 92 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Daniel Webster Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201519199
2016201810
2017292511
2018242411
2019363813

Daniel Webster Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015919394
2016919494
2017909294
2018939394
2019929194

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